Moto 親: Parent; Intimacy; RelativeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シン
- Kun'yomi
- おや、おや-、した(しい)、した(しむ)
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 357 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シン)
- 両親りょうしんparents; both parents
- 親類しんるいrelative; relation
- 肉親にくしんblood relationship; blood relative
- 親善しんぜんfriendship; goodwill
- 親族しんぞくrelative; relation
- 親書しんしょofficial letter (from the Emperor, Prime Minister, etc.); personal message
- 親交しんこうintimacy; friendship
- 親友しんゆうclose friend; bosom (old, intimate) friend
- 親切しんせつkind; gentle
- 親密しんみつintimacy; friendship
- 懇親こんしんfriendship; intimacy
- 親衛しんえいmonarch's guards
- 近親きんしんnear relative
- 親近感しんきんかんaffinity; feeling of closeness (with someone)
- 親日しんにちpro-Japanese
- 不親切ふしんせつunkindness; unfriendliness
- 親和しんわfriendship; fellowship
- 親愛しんあいdeep affection
- 親戚しんせきrelative; relation
- 親権しんけんparental authority
- 親王しんのうprince of royal blood; Imperial prince
- 親睦しんぼくfriendship; amity
- 親身しんみrelation; relative
- ご両親ごりょうしん(somebody else's) parents; both parents
- ご親切にごしんせつにhow kind of you; that's very nice of you
- 一等親いっとうしんfirst-degree relative; member of one's immediate family
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 母親ははおやmother
- 父親ちちおやfather
- 親おやparent; parents
- 親子おやこparent and child
- 親方おやかたmaster; boss
- 親会社おやがいしゃparent company
- 親しむしたしむto be intimate with; to befriend
- 親しみしたしみintimacy; affection
- 親指おやゆびthumb
- 生みの親うみのおやbiological parent
- 親分おやぶんboss; leader
- 里親さとおやfoster parent; foster parents
- 親しいしたしいclose (e.g. friend); familiar
- 名付け親なづけおやgodparent
- 慣れ親しむなれしたしむto become familiar with; to get used to
- 片親かたおやone parent
- 親不孝おやふこうlack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents
- 親代わりおやがわり(one acting as a) foster parent
- 親元おやもとone's parents' home
- 親兄弟おやきょうだいparents and siblings; one's relatives
- 親孝行おやこうこうfilial piety; being kind to one's parents
- 親心おやごころparental love or affection
- 親玉おやだまboss; chief
- 親譲りおやゆずりinheritance from a parent
- 親鳥おやどりparent bird
- いつまでもあると思うな親と金いつまでもあるとおもうなおやとかねyou can't rely on parents and money to stay around forever; money comes and goes; so do parents
- この親にしてこの子ありこのおやにしてこのこありthe apple doesn't fall far from the tree; like father, like son
- ひとり親ひとりおやsingle parent; one parent
- ふた親ふたおやboth parents
- ラス親ラスおやdealer of the final round
- 一人親ひとりおやsingle parent; one parent
- 一人親家庭ひとりおやかていsingle-parent family; one-parent family
Other readings
- 親父おやじone's father; old man
- ご親拝ごしんぱいworship by the emperor at a shrine
Showing the 60 most common of 357 words. See them all in the graph.
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